Counseling Associates for Well-Being
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Accepting new clients. Are you feeling out of balance, disconnected, or finding it hard to experience joy? You don’t have to navigate this alone. Our group of skilled, compassionate therapists brings deep training and experience to support concerns like anxiety, relationship stress, depression, loneliness, ADHD, trauma, and grief. We help adults build emotional well-being and healthier relationships through individual, couples, and group therapy. Our holistic, client-centered approach honors the whole person. We offer telehealth across Georgia and in-person sessions at three locations.
Our therapists bring a wide range of experience to support healing and growth. We help individuals and couples navigate grief, emotional disconnection, and relationship challenges using emotionally focused approaches, Imago, and the Gottman Method. For trauma, we offer compassionate, evidence-based care including CBT, DBT, AEDP, and EMDR.
Reaching out can feel vulnerable. When you’re ready, we offer a safe, welcoming space where you can be yourself and feel supported. Founded in Athens in 2002, we now serve clients in East Cobb/Marietta and Tucker, with telehealth available throughout Georgia and Florida.
Take the first step to help. Call or Email Counseling Associates for Well-Being now - (706) 425-8900
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Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $140
- Couple Sessions $140
Payment Methods
American Express, Cash, Check, Discover, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, VisaInsurance
- Aetna
- Alliant Health
- Ambetter
- Anthem
- Blue Cross
- Blue Shield
- BlueCross and BlueShield
- Each provider participates with different plans
- Kaiser (Out-of-Network)
- Kasier Affiliated Providers
- Lyra Health
- Medicare
- Optum
- Oscar Health
- Student Resources
- United Medical Resources (UMR)
- UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH
- Out of Network
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of Georgia / CSW003018 Claire Kirkwood
- In Practice for 24 years
- Certificate from IMAGO International 2006
- Certificate from EMDRIA 2020
Education and Years In Practice
Additional Credentials
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Trauma and PTSD
- Anxiety
- Relationship Issues
Expertise
- Bisexual
- Body Image
- Chronic Illness
- Codependency
- College Adjustment
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Divorce
- Eating Disorders
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Men's Issues
- Mood Disorders
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Peer Relationships
- Self Esteem
- Stress
- Women's Issues
Part of Counseling Associates for Well-Being
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Age
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family ,
Group
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Gay Allied ,
HIV / AIDS Allied ,
Immuno-disorders ,
Intersex Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Non-Binary Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Racial Justice Allied ,
Single Parent ,
Transgender Allied
Ethnicity
Black and African American
I also speak
French
Age
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family ,
Group
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Gay Allied ,
HIV / AIDS Allied ,
Immuno-disorders ,
Intersex Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Non-Binary Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Racial Justice Allied ,
Single Parent ,
Transgender Allied
Ethnicity
Black and African American
I also speak
French
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
- Attachment-based
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Cognitive Processing (CPT)
- Compassion Focused
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- EMDR
- Emotionally Focused
- Exposure Response Prevention (ERP)
- Gottman Method
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Multicultural
- Narrative
- Trauma Focused
Location
Primary Location
Counseling Associates for Well-Being
2298 Brockett Road
Tucker, GA 30084
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Additional Location
Counseling Associates for Well-Being
1 Huntington Rd, Suite 703
Athens, GA 30606
(706) 425-8900Group Practice
Counseling Associates for Well-Being